Posts Tagged ‘2G spectrum scam’
2G note: JPC to summon Finance Secretary
Opposition members in JPC on Tuesday termed as a "serious lapse" non-submission of a Finance Ministry note on the 2G spectrum issue before the committee and demanded that the Finance Secretary be called before it to give clarifications As the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G issue met in the national capital, CPIM member Sitaram Yechury [...]
Will speak on 2G issue after meeting PM says Pranab
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday maintained that he will speak, if necessary, on the Finance Ministry note on 2G spectrum allocation issue only after talking to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday “I am reiterating what I have said in New York and Delhi “If there is anything necessary to speak on the Finance [...]
2G row: Sonia meets Pranab, Chidambaram
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today stepped into the 2G spectrum row that has engulfed the Government by meeting Home Minister P Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee amid unconfirmed reports that the former had offered to quit5 minutes while Mukherjee's parleys with the Congress President lasted 40 minutes0 Janpath residence without [...]
2G: Manmohan defends Chidambaram
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the home minister enjoyed his "full confidence"1 letter from the finance ministry,650 crore and the first-come, first-served method5, 2008, Raja’s ministry issued 120 Letters of Intent on January 10, 2008 at the old entry fee of Rs 1650 crore650 crore by adopting either of the methods that would yield between [...]
Supreme Court unhappy with TRAI’s 2G scam report
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed has expressed its reservations about the stand taken by the government's regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI76 lakh crore The scam centres around whether A Raja as Telecom Minister in 2008 cost the government thousands of crores by choosing to award licences at throwaway prices [...]
2G Scam: CBI opposes probe against Chidambaram
The CBI on Tuesday opposed the plea to probe the alleged role of home minister P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum allocation case5, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy moved a fresh application before a special trial court seeking directions to make Home Minister P Chidambram a co-accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case The petition also wanted [...]
Dayanidhi Maran role in 2G Scam: Prashant Bhushan moves SC against CBI
Prashant Bhushan today filed a affidavit in the Supreme Court against the CBI in 2G case told the Supreme Court that Maran, who was the telecom minister during the UPA-I rule, wasn't found to have coerced in finalising the sale of Aircel to Malaysia-based Maxis group The CBI told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it had found no evidence so [...]
2G scam: CBI says norms violated during NDA regime
CBI today told the Supreme Court that probe in the 2G spectrum allocation scam has shown "violation" of norms during NDA regime when late Pramod Mahajan and Arun Shourie were the telecom ministers and said the then Finance Minister Jaswant Singh would be examined-07 when Mahajan, Shourie and Maran and 2003 while Mr Shourie held this portfolio [...]
2G Scam: Examine PM, Chidambaram and Sibal as witnesses says Raja
Former Telecom Minister A Raja today told a Delhi court that he would get Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, then Finance Minister P of the CrPC for getting certain documents from the CBI which had so far not been brought before the court The defence counsel also raised the issue of offloading of equity by Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd and Unitech Tamil [...]
PM, Chidambaram decided against selling 2G licences: Kanimozhi
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and then finance minister P Chidambaram were fully in the loop on the 2G spectrum license allocation and had decided along with then telecom minister A Raja not to auction them, jailed DMK MP Kanimozhi told a Delhi court on Tuesdayauctioned," senior advocate Sushil Kumar, appearing for Kanimozhi, told the Special CBI [...]
2G: Siddhartha Behura’s bail plea rejected
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the bail plea of former Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Behura, arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam, after hearing detailed arguments from both sides, the CBI and the defence, on Behura’s bail plea A Delhi court had rejected Behura’s bail plea on June 4, on the grounds of [...]
Alagiri meets Kanimozhi in Tihar jail
Union Minister MK Alagiri and his wife Kanthi today met DMK MP Kanimozhi who is lodged in Tihar jail in connection with the 2G telecom spectrum scam after her arrest in the 2G scam case "Some days ago, Alagiri and another DMK minister D Napolean had turned up to meet Kanimozhi in Tihar but their request was turned down as it was not the [...]
Fresh PAC report on 2G scam questions role of PM, Chidambaram
Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on Saturday made a fresh attempt to make the panel take up his controversial report on the 2G scam that had questioned the role of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram Joshi circulated the report to the PAC members with a forwarding letter that he was [...]
PMO not responsible for 2G irregularities: Montek
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said that the Prime Minister's Office PMO cannot be held responsible for the irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation as the UPA is not running a micro-managed form of government "I don't think that the Prime Minister should be behaving as the Super Minister, supervising [...]
BJP to force adjournment in Parliament on 2G, CWG issues
After a CAG report rapped the Delhi government for irregularities in CWG projects and dragged the PMO in the 2G spectrum case, the BJP today appeared all set to raise these issues in Parliament and even force adjournment of the two Houses The core group of the BJP Parliamentary Party, which met here under the leadership of L K Advani to decide [...]
Had no role in 2G allotment, Tatas paid 20 crore to A.Raja: Balwa
A day after dragging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's name into the 2G spectrum scam, Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa has made startling new allegations against the Tata Group and Videocon Group's Venugopal Dhoot5, 2009, Ratan Tata himself wrote to Raja acknowledging the receipt of his letter for donation and also mentioned that Tatas have [...]
Respond to Raja’s charges, Jaya to PM, Sonia
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa wanted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to reply to the charges levelled by the former Telecom Minister, A Raja, involving the Prime Minister and the Home Minister in the 2G spectrum allocation scam Talking to journalists at the party [...]
2G, CWG scams tarnished brand India: Sibal
The recent spate of scams like 2G scam in telecom and Common Wealth Games 4th spot in the list of countries that attracted the highest foreign direct investment last year, with inflows declining by about $10 billion to $25 billion1' released by UNCTAD has said that India attracted FDI worth $25 billion last year, much lower than the inflows of $36 [...]
2G probe: ED officer seeks his removal
An Enforcement Directorate1 that it was probing the allegations from all angles and was looking for independent witnesses and documents The court on May 6 had said there was a prima facie case against Roy and two journalists-- Upendra Rai and Subodh Jain -- of Sahara India News Network for interfering with the 2G probe and had issued notices [...]
2G case: A.Raja aide Chandolia seeks to drag in Radia, Tatas
RK Chandolia, former aide of ex-Telecom Minister A Raja, today sought implication of corporate leaders and lobbyist Niira Radia in the 2G case as accused, saying they had participated in the alleged "covert deal" between the Tata group and Kalaignar TV2 years "Deals are being struck between Radia and Tata through Achary who is a conduit Why are [...]
